Murray fit for Davis Cup tie

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Murray, who has been struggling with hip and groin injuries, will play the opening singles match of the Euro/Africa Group One tie against Raemon Sluiter on Friday.

British number two Tim Henman will then take on Robin Haase in the second singles match while Greg Rusedski and Jamie Murray have been nominated as Britain's double pairing for Saturday's rubber.

Murray suffered the injuries in Indian Wells last month. He recovered in time to play last week's Miami Masters but was well below his best as he was beaten 6-1 6-0 by Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals.

On Monday he put the chances of his participation in the tie at 50/50, but on Thursday joked he felt "93.42%" fit.

"I practised for about two hours yesterday," the 19-year-old Scot said. "I felt my groin a couple of times but I've had a few scans and spoken to the doctors and don't feel I'm going to do any more damage. That made the decision easier."

Henman is in the British team for the first team since 2004 and captain John Lloyd is delighted to have so many options at his disposal.

"There has been a lot of talk about the strength of our team and any captain loves to have plenty of options - we have those in abundance," Lloyd said.

"If Andy had not recovered we had options, all four players are very good doubles players and I'm thrilled with the strength and quality we have."

Although Rusedski and fellow left-hander Jamie Murray have been nominated as the doubles pairing - to face Rogier Wassen and Igor Sijsling - Lloyd can change personnel up to an hour before play starts on Saturday.